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Lil Nas X isn't worshipping the devil. He's healing deep hurt
CNN
Clay Cane writes that with his song "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" and his proud defense of the video, Lil Nas X is speaking volumes for millions of queer folks, especially Black queer people, who have suffered spiritual and theological violence at the hand of church doctrines.
His music video for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)," which shows the rapper giving a CGI Satan a lap dance and killing him, went viral.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250215043617.jpg)
The Trump administration is forcing out senior leadership at the National Archives and Records Administration in a major shakeup, according to a source familiar. President Donald Trump has been highly critical of the archives since the agency asked the Department of Justice to investigate Trump’s mishandling of classified documents after he left office.
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The morning after the mass resignation of prosecutors sparked a crisis inside the Trump Justice Department, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove led a meeting with the Justice Department’s public integrity section. His message: they had to choose one career lawyer to file a dismissal of the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to three people briefed on the meeting.
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Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter
A federal prosecutor assigned to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Friday in a blistering letter that accused top leaders at the Justice Department of looking for a “fool” to dismiss the criminal charges.